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My Daughter and the Dick Cheney Challenge

5/24/12 9:37am by Kraken
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Dick Cheney

Today, I'm regretting raising well informed clever children.As I was driving my daughters and my older daughter's boyfriend to the Avengers last night, I went on a political rant, which is typical for me.My family has been ignoring me for years. My daughter's boyfriend, comes from a prominent Republican family here in town. Quietly he asked, "how many books written by Republicans have you read?" I was impressed with this question for two reasons: he remembered that I read a lot and he had the guts to ask it. I want my children's special friends to be gutsy, but not too gutsy.  Read more >

Cory Booker is the Distraction From Obama’s Real Issues: Romney’s Business History at Bain

5/22/12 10:59am by Grace Hwang Lynch
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Cory Booker

It IS about the economy, Cory Booker and everyone else. Recently, the Obama campaign went on the offensive, with the angle that Mitt Romney’s business success doesn’t necessarily translate into best practices for the government. The Obama camp released a series of Romney Economics videos focusing on the real people who lost their jobs –- and entire towns brought to a standstill -- when Romney’s private equity firm, Bain Capital, bought out and liquidated local businesses such as the Ampad paper factory in Marion, Indiana.  Read more >

Is Former CNN Anchor Campbell Brown Biased Against Obama Because of Her Husband?

5/21/12 12:00am by Mona Gable
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Campbell Brown and her husband Dan Senor

[Editor's note: Former CNN anchor Campbell Brown took to the New York Times yesterday to critique President Obama’s speech last week to the women graduates of Barnard. In Brown’s view, the president was pandering and should have focused more on the awful economy and the fact that most of them are not even going to get jobs. Instead, he was so “condescending” and “grating”!  Read more

Is Obama Pandering to Women Voters?

5/16/12 6:15pm by Mona Gable
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President Obama on The View

In case you hadn't heard the shocking news, Obama went on ABC’s The View earlier this week and gabbed about JP Morgan, gay marriage, and Kim Kardashian -- though not necessarily in that order. He also announced that he is going to win the election in November.  Read more >

I Remember Being Held Down By a Gang. Why Can't Romney Remember?

5/15/12 9:49am by Erin Kotecki Vest
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upset boy against wall

[Editor's Note: Recent allegations that Mitt Romney and his gang of friends bullied a gay classmate by pinning him down and chopping off his hair have sparked memories of being bullied for BlogHer Erin Kotecki Vest. While Erin acknowledges that most people are not the same as they were during their high school days, she finds it troubling if Romney truly cannot remember that incident.  Read more

Obama Can Change Black Hearts, Minds For Gay Rights

5/14/12 11:28am by kvirella
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Thank You Obama sign

One of the best outcomes of Obama's endorsement of gay marriage has been the inspiration and courage it has given a lot of African-American church goers to likewise vocalize their support.  Read more >

I'll Take Obama's Symbolic Gesture, Thank You Very Much!

5/10/12 10:53am by Polly Pagenhart
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Lesbian Dad civil marriage San Francisco, July, 2008.

Pundits and analysts are actively working over yesterday's statement by President Obama that "same-sex couples should be able to get married." It was calculated! It was a cynical attempt to recoup lost demographics he needs to get elected! He just wants to motivate a lackluster base!  Read more >

President Obama: Gay Marriage Should Be Legal

5/9/12 1:21pm by Julie Ross Godar
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Obama declares support of gay marriage (ABC video screenshot)

Saying, "It is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married," President Barack Obama declared his support for legalizing same-sex marriage, the first time he has gone on record with this position. The announcement makes him the first sitting president to publicly support gay marriage.  Read more >

Christian Republican, Jewish Democat... BFFs

5/4/12 8:11am by Neely Stoller
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Neely Stoller and Ashley

[Editor's Note: Do you have friends who think like you, politically and religiously? A lot of people do. But Neely Stoller writes about her friendship with another blogger -- Ashley from Ashley's Carnival Ride -- who happens to have different beliefs about politics and religion. She tells us why being friends with people who are different is not only possible, but wonderful. --Grace] Ashley is a Christian Republican. I am a Jewish Democrat...but lets be real....Liberal. Yes we are best friends.  Read more

What DON'T You Want From The Election? JOIN US!

4/27/12 9:48am by Stacy Morrison
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Girl with flag (joemurphy via Flickr)

You could set your watch to it. Except that it happens only every four years, instead of every year, month, day. We’ve found ourselves once again in that Presidential-election-cycle moment when politicians sit up and remember that American women are the voters who win or lose an election for either party.  Read more >